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" I've always been ambitious to be very good at what I do. "

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" My job is to see the world through the character's eyes. "

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" No, I'm not recognized in London. What would people recognize? "

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" Anything I could have done that was legal to get Margaret Thatcher's government out I was prepared to do. I could not believe what she was doing to this country. "

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